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May 30, 2012

Chinese Twitter» restrictions

«Китайский Twitter» ввел новые ограничения для блогов"

The Chinese Twitter» introduced new restrictions on blogging

China's largest microblogging site Weibo (which is a direct analogue in the West and in Russia is Twitter) has introduced new rules that establish a ban on the placement of unwanted messages to the authorities of the country.

Thus Weibo responded to the criticism of Beijing, who expressed dissatisfaction with the "unfounded rumors" that in his opinion, spread some users.

It is reported that the site introduces a system of ratings that each owner will receive a microblog.

At the same time new users will start with a rating of 80 points, but may increase this result, participating in various promotional campaigns. However, a violation of existing rules of the Chinese social network is fraught with the loss of points.

According to this information, if the rating of a user drops below 60, on his blog will be a warning, and if the number of points in the account reaches zero, a blog can be closed.

However, "good behavior" of the author within two months means that his credit rating will come back to around 80.

"It's a sign that the Chinese authorities are trying to limit the internet, but the most determined people will still find a way to circumvent these limitations, - said the expert on Asia from the Royal Institute of International Relations, Kerry Brown. - There is a tradition in which people express their point of view, using indirect methods. I very much doubt that anything will change those rules. "

According to the company Sina, Weibo site registered more than 300 million users.

Forbidden List

Reports on the introduction of new restrictions in the Weibo appeared on the website The Next Web, which is referred to the English translation of the rules of the site, prepared by an unknown group of activists.

The new rules require that users may not:

Spreading rumors;Publish false information;To carry out attacks on other users through personal insults or slanderous comments;Oppose the main principles of the constitution of China;To disclose state secrets;Threaten the dignity of China;To promote cults and superstition;To call for illegal protests or mass gatherings.

The administration of the site also reports that bloggers can not use the "allegorical expressions and other ways" to circumvent the rules.In the past, users of the Chinese blogosphere is not just an abbreviation used instead of specific names and replaced with "dangerous" words specially invented euphemisms.

Blog The Tech in Asia said that the new rules of Sina, which owns the service Weibo, simply repeat the existing regulations in China.

"They took them directly from the Chinese laws, which are both related to the content of blogs - regardless of whether they include in their contracts Sina" - say the authors of the blog.

However, upon observation, rating system Weibo, - an obvious novelty.

Compliance with the rules will follow a special committee, which will include microblog users and experts.

Chinese authorities ordered the company Press Sina, as well as its rivals Baidu and Tencent, until March this year to register all of their users under their real names. However, Sina recognizes that it has not yet managed to fully implement this directive.

Fighting rumors

In April, Chinese officials for three days Click banned social networking sites Sina and Tencent to comment on posts, as these sites were rumors.

According to the official Chinese news agency "Xinhua", in response to the company promised to "strengthen governance".

Dissatisfaction with the authorities led to the spread in social networks of false information about the murder of leader Kim Jong Yna and rumors of military coup, purportedly was to be the overthrow of the leader Hu Jintao.

Chinese social networks are also required to close public access to records which contain words that are relevant to some controversial events.

For example, in the midst of the recent scandal expulsion from the Politburo of the disgraced party functionary Bo Xilai, some Chinese search sites did not show the results of queries to its name.

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